Saints and Feasts of March 5

On the fifth Conon released his stout-hearted soul.

Holy Venerable Martyr Conon of Isauria 

 

Synaxarion of the Holy Venerable Martyr Conon of Isauria

 

Saint Conon of Isauria as a Model for our Lives (1)

Saint Conon of Isauria as a Model for our Lives (2)

 

March: Day 5: Holy Martyr Conon the Gardener
 

Holy Martyr Nestor, 

Father of Saint Conon of Isauria

Synaxarion of the Holy Venerable Martyr Conon of Isauria

Holy Martyr Conon the Gardner

 

Holy Martyr Conon the Gardener

 

March: Day 5: Teaching 2: Holy Martyr Conon the Gardener
 

 

Venerable Mark the Ascetic and Wonderworker

 

Venerable Mark the Ascetic and Wonderworker: A Most Eminent Ascetical Writer 

 

Saint Mark the Ascetic as a Model for our Lives

 

Introduction to the Writings of Saint Mark the Ascetic in the 'Philokalia' (St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite)

 

Venerable Mark the Hermit of Athens

 

Saint Mark the Anchorite of Athens

 

Venerable Mark the Hermit

 

March: Day 5: Teaching 2: Venerable Mark the Athenian
 

 

Holy Martyr Eulogios of Palestine

Holy Martyr Eulogios of Palestine

Holy Martyr Eulampios of Palestine

Holy Martyr Eulampios of Palestine

Holy Martyr Archelaos and the
One Hundred and Fifty-Two Martyrs With Him

Holy Martyr Archelaos and the One Hundred and Fifty-Two Martyrs With Him

Holy Venerable Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonye
and his fellow-ascetic Venerable Leonid

 

Holy Venerable Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonye (+ 1550) and his fellow-ascetic Venerable Leonid (+ 1549)

 

Miracles of the Venerable Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonye

Holy New Martyr John of Bulgaria

Holy New Martyr John of Bulgaria (+ 1784)

Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios Partheniades 

 

Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios Partheniades (+ 1805)

 

The Location of the Martyrdom of Saint Parthenios in Didymoteicho

Holy New Martyr George of Rapsani 

 

Holy New Martyr George of Rapsani (+ 1818)

 

The House, School and Relics of Saint George of Rapsani

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich, 
Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha

 

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich, the Serbian Chrysostom (+ 1956)

 

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich, Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha

 

Saint Nikolai Velimirovich as a Model for our Lives

 

Response To Slanders Against St. Nikolai Velimirovich and St. Justin Popovich 

 

 

Uncovering of the Relics of the Holy Prince 
Theodore of Smolensk and his Children 

Holy Prince Theodore of Smolensk (+ 1299) and his Children Saints David and Constantine

 

 

Prologue in Sermons: March 5
 

Saint Niketas the Confessor, Abbot of Medikion (+ 824)

Verses

Niketas was set free from life, like a trapped sparrow,
With noetic wings he flies off to the heavens.
On the third Niketas was summoned to divine gifts.

Saint Niketas the Confessor was born in Caesarea of Bithynia to a pious family. His mother died eight days after his birth, and his father Philaretos became a monk. The child remained in the care of his grandmother, who raised him in a true Christian spirit. From his youth Saint Niketas, loved temperance, attended church services and was a disciple of the hermit Stephen. With his blessing, Saint Niketas set off for Medikion Monastery, where the renowned Saint Nikephoros (May 4) was the abbot.